WHITE HOUSE: Only If Bin Laden Was Naked Would We Not Have Shot Him

As the White House takes heat for killing a possibly unarmed
Osama Bin Laden -- and lying about it -- Obama can stick to this
argument.

Bin Laden could have had a concealed weapon or bomb.

Counter-terrorism chief John Brennan made this argument on
Tuesday. From the
LA Times:

Bin Laden could have surrendered only "if he did not pose any
type of threat whatsoever," White House counter-terrorism chief
John Brennan said on Fox television, and if U.S. troops "were
confident of that in terms of his not having an IED [improvised
explosives device] on his body, his not having some type of
hidden weapon or whatever."

Added a senior congressional aide briefed on the rules of
engagement: "He would have had to have been naked for them to
allow him to surrender."